TVW (Washington)
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TVW is Washington's public affairs network, providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of Washington State Legislature
sessions and coverage of the Washington State Supreme Court and public affairs events. It is widely considered the model state level equivalent of C-SPAN
. TVW was founded in 1993 by Dennis Heck
, who was formerly Chief of Staff to Governor Booth Gardner
.
Washington State Legislature
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bipartisan, bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators.The State Legislature...
sessions and coverage of the Washington State Supreme Court and public affairs events. It is widely considered the model state level equivalent of C-SPAN
C-SPAN
C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
. TVW was founded in 1993 by Dennis Heck
Dennis Heck
Dennis "Denny" Heck is a likely candidate for U.S. Representative in Washington State. Heck was previously the Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for in 2010. He was defeated by Jaime Herrera ....
, who was formerly Chief of Staff to Governor Booth Gardner
Booth Gardner
Booth Gardner , an heir to the Weyerhaeuser fortune, was the 19th Governor of the U.S state of Washington between 1985 and 1993. He also served as the ambassador of the GATT. He is a Democrat. Before serving as governor, Gardner was Pierce County Executive...
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